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Rhinopoupinia bicornis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Poupiniidae

Taxonomy
Rhinopoupinia bicornis was named by Feldmann et al. (1993). Its type specimen is USNM 457696 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 20, southwestern Seymour Island, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siliciclastic in the Lopez de Bertodano Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Rhinopoupinia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Rhinopoupinia bicornis Feldmann et al. p. 30 fig. 23,24
2010Rhinopoupinia bicornis Schweitzer et al. p. 69
2012Rhinopoupinia bicornis Feldmann et al. p. 8 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Homoloida
superfamilyHomoloideade Haan 1839
familyPoupiniidaeGuinot 1991
genusRhinopoupinia
speciesbicornis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Rhinopoupinia bicornis Feldmann et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
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